The Shadow

Flabbergasted I was

When I first noticed it.

It was my shadow.

The birds were on the way

Back to their dwellings.

It was dusk.

The shadow started from my toe

And lasted till infinity.

A bit amused, amazed and a bit afraid - I touched it. 

It reciprocated.

I jumped, I ran, I hid -

Tried my level best 

To get detached but no luck!

Eventually, perceived that

It will not depart.

Time flew and the bitter human tendency crept-in

I ceased to care about it anymore.

Grew up - learnt the 'taleem' of relations,

Friendships and acquaintances.

Lost! - Completely sold me in the world 

Of mere illusions.

Laughed in the light, wept in the dark.

Kept the promises, shared the secrets.

I enjoyed, I suffered.

Felt the caprice with companions,

But learnt life in solitude.

Dumbstruck I was when the death arrived-

So much left to do, so little done..!

My dead body laid on the floor.

The shadow, still attached, accompanied...